Pilgrims’ attraction

During the three-day festival in July when the giant thanka is exposed – see last week’s post -, pilgrims come from far and wide. They climb the stairs to the base of the thanka-wall, walk past and go down on the other side.

For a good overview of the images on the thanka it would of course be better to keep distance – but it is so nice to get as close as possible where you can almost touch the sacred cloth!